BORN: FEBRUARY 4 1913

DIED: ?

ROSA PARKS WAS A WONDERFUL WOMAN WHO MARRIED RAYMOND PARKS IN 1932.

ONE DAY, SHE STOOD UP FOR HER RIGHTS JUST COULD NOT TAKE SEGREGATION ANY MORE. AFTER A HARD DAY Of WORK, ROSA GOT ON A BUS TO GO HOME. SINCE SHE WAS AFRICAN AMERICAN, ROSA WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP HER SEAT IF A WHITE PERSON WANTED IT. UNLUCKILY A WHITE PERSON WANTED IT, BUT ROSA REFUSED TO MOVE. ROSA'S ACTION GOT OUT OF HAND AND THAT PERSON TOLD THE BUS DRIVER AND HE GOT MAD. IN A, QUICK SECOND THE BUS DRIVER STOPPED THE BUS AND CALLED THE POLICE. ROSA WAS TAKEN TO JAIL AND WAS IN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. AFTER EVERYONE HEARD WHAT HAPPEND TO ROSA THEY GOT MAD. EVENTUALY Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr., A FAMUS CIVAL RIGHTS LEADER, HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO ROSA AND STARTED A BOYCOTT. WHEN THE BOYCOTT GOT OUT OF HAND THE POLICE RELEASED ROSA PARKS.